Box Turtles

[Qback5]

I see turtles like that near the swamps. Things look prehistoric.

 

[Boarhead]

Cole and i saw these guys this weekend while turkey hunting.

 

[Jackalope]

Bored while turkey hunting I looked up some info on these box turtles.

On average they live 50 years in the wild but can live to 100. The female can retain sperm for 3 years before allowing herself to fertilize her eggs. This is done so that if environmental conditions aren't right she can lay eggs next year. And like trees you can count the rings on a large scale on their back to get pretty close to their age. The males have a divot in the bottom of their shell to fit on top of the females, the females are flat.

 

[jagermeister]

Turtles are just plain cool. Just fascinating critters.

 

[Clay Showalter]

Saw this guy yesterday where we are building, unfortunately my son ran over one last week while mowing in the tall grass

 

[Riverdude]

This is no Box Turtle, Just an old Snapper that found his way into CJD3's yard and his daughter saw him and put him back into our lake.

 

[Riverdude]

 

[Jackalope]

Not a box turtle but this fella was in the road. I didn't have anything to put him in for the short drive to an unfished pond so I wrapped him in a blanket. That lasted about 30 seconds until he Houdinid out of that and was back there scratching around. I look in my mirror and there he is, just chilling and enjoying the ride in the cool air.

 

[RedCloud]

Now that's some funny shit right there buddy lol.

 

[aholdren]

I happened upon these 3 and the orange one was on his back!! Should have taken the pic before I turned him over. Saw another one 200 yards before these ones!!!

 

[finelyshedded]

He musta got his ass kicked during the rut fight. Lol His opposition says thanks Aaron for starting round 2.....

 

[tracker 6]

Wonder if the yellow one was a male that fell off?

 

[Isaacorps]

Stumbled across a couple today

 

[Bowkills]

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These colors are amazing. Seems like a warm rain they glow. I saw a lot in Bloomington Indiana St ground never seen one here though. Nice pics

 

[triple_duece]

Wonder if the yellow one was a male that fell off?

The males are concave on the under side. The females are flat.

 

[Bowkills]

The males are concave on the under side. The females are flat.

I'm convex! Most females are obtuse.

 

["J"]

Fuuuuuuuggggggg.......

 

[Smawgunner2]

Sounds interesting. How long have you been doing this?

7 years. I’ve found the same one 3 times. We’re up to 55 known box turtles. Found #55 Saturday.

 

[Jackalope]

We found three different tortises in the yard today. This place is polluted with them. I bet I stop 2-3 times a week to move one out of the road and almost every trip to town I have to wait while someone else is moving one. .

 

[Sgt Fury]

Stumbled across this dude today while pulling a trail camera that’s been soaking since last august. Going to go through the sd card later today.